FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Thursday, May 25, 2023
Contact: Kiana M. Sears, President | [email protected] | (480) 442-1222
LYNCHING EFFIGY AT QUEEN CREEK HIGH SCHOOL
NAACP EAST VALLEY BRANCH (1008-B) RESPONSE
May 25, 2023
QUEEN CREEK, ARIZONA (May 25, 2023) – Nearly 60 years after Ruby Bridges was greeted with a Black baby doll in a coffin on her walk to school,1 someone placed a Black baby doll hanging from a noose in a student bathroom at Queen Creek High School. On May 22, 2023, school personnel reported the hate crime to school administration who “quickly identified the students involved and took disciplinary action.”2 The Queen Creek Police Department stated they are “submitting referrals for two juveniles to the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office for interference/disruption of an educational institution.”2
The NAACP East Valley Branch condemns all acts of racism and works to eradicate racism in all forms. We will be following up with local officials and monitoring the outcome of this act of domestic terrorism targeting our children.
If you think you have experienced discrimination and would like to file a complaint with the NAACP East Valley branch, please visit our website at www.evnaacp.org and click “Learn More” under Legal Redress.
(1) Ruby Bridges story: https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/ruby-bridges
(2) Fox 10 Phoenix Staff: https://www.fox10phoenix.com/news/black-childrens-doll-wrapped-in-rope-discovered-in-queen-creek-high-school-restroom-students-disciplined
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